Area Studies

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	European Security	5.755
2	Latin American Research Review	5.543
3	Journal of Chinese Political Science	5.105
4	Post-Soviet Affairs	4.774
5	Journal of Contemporary China	3.659
6	Economic Development and Cultural Change	3.149
7	Pacific Review	2.805
8	Asia Pacific Viewpoint	2.782
9	Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies	2.473
10	Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs	2.319
11	African Affairs	2.237
12	Pacific Affairs	2.101
13	Journal of Eastern African Studies	2.094
14	Central Asian Survey	2.086
15	Journal of Contemporary European Studies	2.041
16	Journal of Asian Public Policy	2.032
17	Africa Spectrum	2.020
18	Journal of Contemporary Asia	2.017
19	Turkish Studies	1.918
20	Critical Asian Studies	1.791
21	Asian Survey	1.714
22	Southeast European and Black Sea Studies	1.696
23	Journal of Asian and African Studies	1.674
24	Eurasian Geography and Economics	1.562
25	China Quarterly	1.538
26	Review of African Political Economy	1.516
27	Latin American Politics and Society	1.396
28	African Studies	1.310
29	Modern China	1.271
30	Nationalities Papers-The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity	1.263
31	Journal of Modern African Studies	1.254
32	China Information	1.248
33	Mediterranean Politics	1.149
34	East European Politics and Societies	1.137
35	Social Dynamics-A Journal of African Studies	0.974
36	Contemporary Southeast Asia	0.940
37	Europe-Asia Studies	0.937
38	Journal of Southern African Studies	0.930
39	India Review	0.864
40	Middle East Policy	0.786
41	Social Science Japan Journal	0.781
42	Asian Studies Review	0.760
43	Bilig	0.727
44	Journal of Baltic Studies	0.702
45	Latin American Perspectives	0.677
46	East Asian Science Technology and Society-An International Journal	0.665
47	Modern Asian Studies	0.650
48	Journal of Palestine Studies	0.619
49	South Asia-Journal of South Asian Studies	0.615
50	Contemporary South Asia	0.607

51	European Review	0.603
52	IDS Bulletin-Institute of Development Studies	0.595
53	Pacific Focus	0.594
54	British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies	0.574
55	Israel Affairs	0.566
56	China Journal	0.550
57	Africa	0.539
58	Bulletin of Latin American Research	0.502
59	International Journal of Middle East Studies	0.400
60	Journal of Australian Studies	0.374
61	Journal of Latin American Studies	0.371
62	African Studies Review	0.365
63	Korea Observer	0.356
64	Middle Eastern Studies	0.353
65	Iranian Studies	0.288
66	Contemporary Pacific	0.268
67	Modern Italy	0.246
68	Middle East Journal	0.229
69	African and Asian Studies	0.216
70	Journal of Southeast Asian Studies	0.132
71	Journal of Asian Studies	0.096
72	Slavic Review	0.069
73	London Journal	0.062
74	NWIG-New West Indian Guide-Nieuwe West-Indische Gids	0.022